Re: Non FOSS and Fedora
Alex,
I do not believe that Rui ever said that users should not be allowed to
do something and believe he is being misquoted. Unfortunatley, this
tends to happen often when discussions like this occur. People tend to
confuse "should not" with "can not".
To simplify, of course users CAN install non-free software onto their
Fedora platforms. However, the question has come up as to whether the
Fedora community SHOULD advocate this practice.
Should != Can
Adam Kosmin
" Just a quick question to those following this thread, did I miss the part where Rui
(you, if you're reading this Rui), told others that they could not do something?
I've seen this mentioned across a few posts (not just in relation to this thread
either), that stated you and others of like mind such as myself make a habit of telling
others what they can and can not do.
"
" OTOH, it's been my experience that Rui (you) have attempted to point out what
would be a better way of handling said situation. Is this my misinterpretation of
what's been said thus far in the thread and others? I was under the impression that
the advice given was simply a matter of what -should- be done. As opposed to what must
happen.
"
" Alex
"
" --
" If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things
are just as they are. --Spoken in Zen
--
"Yes, Your Honor. Now, where we are so far, in at least my
line of reasoning, is I want to walk the Court through enough of our
complaint to help the Court understand that IBM clearly did contribute a
lot of the Unix-related information into Linux. We just don't know what
it is."
-- Kevin McBride SCO vs. IBM 12/05/03